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The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1350 Pojo 2009 00 0 442, Feb 2, 2012
The Police Journal, 2008
The preponderance of evidence is that the effect of policing upon volume crime rates is marginal,... more The preponderance of evidence is that the effect of policing upon volume crime rates is marginal, compared with the influence of socio-economic conditions. However, several focused policing styles have been brought into use since the early 1990s with the explicit aim of reducing crime levels, usually by the concentration of efforts upon repeat offenders or repeat victimisation. Moreover, further studies suggest that policing and wider crime reduction efforts may be effective when designed to tackle local problems. This study aims to go some way towards the reconciliation of these viewpoints. It examines the notion that local effectiveness is dissipated, as the geographical unit of measurement of crime levels is widened. Crime levels in an ‘intelligence-led’ police force are considered in relation to the imprisonment of prolific burglary offenders. The conclusion is reached that volume crime reduction is an essentially local activity which should be reflected in performance indicator.
Policing and Society, 2004
Since the early 1990s, central monitoring of police performance in England and Wales has grown ma... more Since the early 1990s, central monitoring of police performance in England and Wales has grown markedly, in particular through national performance indicators introduced by the Police and Magistrates Courts Act 1994. The process has been accompanied by ...
Policing and Society, 2005
Policing and Society, 2000
Page 1. Policing and Society, 2000, Vol. 9, pp. ... Printed in Malaysia. THE PROSPECTS FOR INTELL... more Page 1. Policing and Society, 2000, Vol. 9, pp. ... Printed in Malaysia. THE PROSPECTS FOR INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING: SOME HISTORICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CONSIDERATIONS ROBERT HEATON Stumble Farmhouse, Stumble Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent. ...
Unpublished version of an article for Police Professional magazine, published January 2017. In th... more Unpublished version of an article for Police Professional magazine, published January 2017.
In this article, we outline the process by which over the last decade, the police have been drawn into a vortex of mutually reinforcing cultural currents, to the point where public protection has become the de facto main priority of policing. We discuss the nature of risk in policing, in general terms and in a brief case study of firearms licensing. We also highlight the invidious position in which any failure to protect puts forces and individual officers, especially in relation to omissions judged with the benefit of hindsight. Of specific interest is the common law offence of ‘misconduct in public office’, recently ‘discovered’ after lying fallow for two hundred years, but now being applied by the CPS on a regular basis.
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1350 Pojo 2009 00 0 442, Feb 2, 2012
The Police Journal, 2008
The preponderance of evidence is that the effect of policing upon volume crime rates is marginal,... more The preponderance of evidence is that the effect of policing upon volume crime rates is marginal, compared with the influence of socio-economic conditions. However, several focused policing styles have been brought into use since the early 1990s with the explicit aim of reducing crime levels, usually by the concentration of efforts upon repeat offenders or repeat victimisation. Moreover, further studies suggest that policing and wider crime reduction efforts may be effective when designed to tackle local problems. This study aims to go some way towards the reconciliation of these viewpoints. It examines the notion that local effectiveness is dissipated, as the geographical unit of measurement of crime levels is widened. Crime levels in an ‘intelligence-led’ police force are considered in relation to the imprisonment of prolific burglary offenders. The conclusion is reached that volume crime reduction is an essentially local activity which should be reflected in performance indicator.
Policing and Society, 2004
Since the early 1990s, central monitoring of police performance in England and Wales has grown ma... more Since the early 1990s, central monitoring of police performance in England and Wales has grown markedly, in particular through national performance indicators introduced by the Police and Magistrates Courts Act 1994. The process has been accompanied by ...
Policing and Society, 2005
Policing and Society, 2000
Page 1. Policing and Society, 2000, Vol. 9, pp. ... Printed in Malaysia. THE PROSPECTS FOR INTELL... more Page 1. Policing and Society, 2000, Vol. 9, pp. ... Printed in Malaysia. THE PROSPECTS FOR INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING: SOME HISTORICAL AND QUANTITATIVE CONSIDERATIONS ROBERT HEATON Stumble Farmhouse, Stumble Lane, Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent. ...
Unpublished version of an article for Police Professional magazine, published January 2017. In th... more Unpublished version of an article for Police Professional magazine, published January 2017.
In this article, we outline the process by which over the last decade, the police have been drawn into a vortex of mutually reinforcing cultural currents, to the point where public protection has become the de facto main priority of policing. We discuss the nature of risk in policing, in general terms and in a brief case study of firearms licensing. We also highlight the invidious position in which any failure to protect puts forces and individual officers, especially in relation to omissions judged with the benefit of hindsight. Of specific interest is the common law offence of ‘misconduct in public office’, recently ‘discovered’ after lying fallow for two hundred years, but now being applied by the CPS on a regular basis.